Tree Parking - When you *want* your bike in a tree...

Dismissing any memories I may have of frat punks putting peoples' bikes in trees as a prank, this concept from designer Abhinav Dapke is pretty brilliant: store bikes in the air, where they take up less real estate on the ground and are out of reach of thieves and vandals. He envisions Tree Parking being controlled by fingerprint-recognition, and presumably motorized to lift and lower the bike. Perhaps the most appealing benefit to this design is that bikers wouldn't have to lock their seats and both wheels along with the bike frame. What's up with that, by the way? Is there a black market for a la carte bike seats and wheels that I don't know about? Anyway, let's hope to see this move out of the concept stage and into reality!
[via Treehugger and Gizmodo]

1 comment:

Ben Scheele said...

That is a really cool idea! It would be even better if there was an umbrella on top to shelter and shade the bikes. Yeah, I was surprised when I learned about the risk of bike seat theft. When I started attending the U of MN, I noticed that dozens of bikes were missing them. But when I saw someone park their bike and throw their seat and seatpost into their backpack, I realized that that kind of theft wasn't as rampant as I had first thought. Maybe people just like to collect bike saddles like butterflies. They have a wall covered in them, carefully organized by brand, style, color, etc.